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The Berry and the Cane (1986)

The film's events are based on the last part of the novel "Al-Harafish" by the writer Naguib Mahfouz. In the old Cairo area, in the era of bullies and thugs, the bully Hassouna Al-Sabaa (Hamdi Ghaith) imposes large fees on the people of the neighborhood and goes to extremes in oppressing and humiliating them. Hassouna oppresses the family of Ashour Al-Naji (Ezzat Al-Alaili), whose circumstances fluctuate between wealth and extreme poverty. Hassouna forces him to divorce his wife (Taisir Fahmy) and leave the neighborhood, then tries to force her father and the notary to marry her to him before the end of the waiting period...

Beggars and Noblemen (1991)

In June 1945, during the final days of WWII, former university professor Gohar meets a young prostitute in a brothel and kills her in a moment of frenzy. Police Detective Noureddine takes on the murder case and tracks down Gohar, hoping to confront him and get a confession to the murder from him. However, both the detective and the killer face startling facts that change the way they think.

Shafiqa and Metwally (1978)

Nagi El-Ali (1991)

Naji Al-Ali is a biographical film about the Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali, produced in Egypt in 1992, with funding for various Palestinian personalities from the Gulf. The film is directed by Atef Al-Tayeb, and the film deals with the life of the late Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali, from his childhood until his assassination. The film started from the moment of his assassination in London and a return to the biography, from his asylum to Lebanon and the beginning of his scribbles on the walls of the camp, to his emigration to work to Kuwait...

Bitter Day, Sweet Day (1988)

Aisha is a widow with five children, Sana, Suad, Lamia, Asmaa and Noor. The eldest got married to Orabi the carpenter, and are living in the family's poor house. Orabi starts acting like he's the man of the house, and the other sisters try to find their way in life.